The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-25
REPUBLICAN ROBBERS.
The -SkinCanIfss" Will Have ths State,
Pay the "OId CampaIuusrs."
"ur correspondent an" shows Of Whahw
Material the State Executive Conn
mittse is COmposed-- Will tho
state Pay Tor suOh Work?

COLUMBUS, August %, 1S87.-The Ra.
puOilcan state Executive COMMITTEES
ISs oesn appointed. The State Central
COMMITTEE OF that party met: "skin-
oane FORAKER told them who he wanted
as az the otnceTs and members of tha State
executive Committee, and they eon-
hrIeu mis- nominations. Bnt then a
1oK az tne committee will show that
Iney are all "skincane" Foraker mem
anu Enat IN 1883 they will favor his aa-
pILsLohS Tor either the Presidency ar
sne vice Presidency, as the chances nav
Oe, ana the one that there ia the great
est probability OF his receiving The nom
nation at that time, and that one ia
JOhn sherman, known as the "Icicle.'p
mas not genuine friend In the whole
crOWd. Let US see who they are: w,
8. UaDeller, chairman, "skIncsne's"
hallroad Commissioner; John M. Dosne.
secretary. "skincane's" State librarian:
dsorge W. Sinks, Treasurer, "skIn-
canes private banker since Harper of
she late Fidelity" bank at Cincinnati
09rsted up, "skincane's" father.in-laW:
Onarles Foster, (the same who BETRAYED
sherman at the Chicago convention in
looO3 A. .. Bushnell, who played chair
man or the same committee two years
SgoJ NJ. A. Hanna, Ia bitter enemy of
John sherman or any other man that
amos townsend is In favor off, George
b. COX; "a regular Cincinnati hummer
hep9ollcsn pOlitiCian0 L. w. King, II.
b. wilson, .. Il. Hester, 1.-THE present
clerk OF the Supreme Court of Ohio, and
strOng Blaine man0 Charles n,
Hurtz, "skincane's" private secretaryI
CnarIes +. Baldwin and Charles A. Cot
ledO.) ' A
Those of this committee-the two
which have to do the hard work, and
VIII have to spend their entire time In
uolng the lRbOriOus work of the COM
mlttee for the next two months and
over, the chairman and secretary, are W.
o. Oapellsr, the chairman, and John n,
DOane the secretary. These two men
are holding lucrative and important
5tste positions, where their entire time
ls needed, and for which the State paws
them large salaries for faithfully at
Gendlne TO their duties In the State
house, the former as Railroad Commits
sl0ner and the latter as State Librarian,
II there Is an Office in the State where
its occupant should devote his entire
t'me and energy In the performance Of
1ls duties, that office is the Railroad
commissioner, especially in these times
when railroads in Ohio are rapidly in.
creSsing In number and consolidation,
and h'rriblo railroad accidents are al
most of daily occurrence. CanMr. Cap
ellar attend to the duties of the Office
OF Railroad Commissioner, as they
should be attended to, and at the sSmo
time take the entire charge and man
agement OF State political campaignp
DE cannot, and no man Of ordinary j1dg-
ment will say that he can. It may be
said oy his apOlOgists that he has In ths
Railroad Commissioners office q most
estimable chief clerk In the person Of
the charming" Dick Tanning, who was
elected Clerk Of the Supreme Court of
tne state some years since by the Demo-
crats, but before his term expired
turned traitor TO the party which had
elected him to position and place, and
gave his adherence to the party which
was founded In religious bigOtry and
intolerance. But what better could be
expected Of men like Dick Tanning,
But DICK pays more attention to poll
tics than he does to the duties of the
office for which the State pays him.
The secretary OF the Republican State
Executive Gomm'ttae, ia "skin canes"
State Librs rian, j J,hn M. DOane. How
much OF htG time will DOane spend In
the next two mo this III attending to the
duties OF the Office for which the State
pays him big salaryp Not any. Who
then will attend to the duties of attend
Ing to the State Library while Dosne ia
helping the Railroad Commissioner tO
run the Republican State campsiRnP
No one, and tho library will have to run
as 1t has ever since skin cane" Foraker
removed the able assistant librarian,
who had bsel kept there for wears bV
all political parties to make loom for a
ITSELF"
Will Capellar and Dosne cease to
draw their pay as Railroad Commits.
sioner and State Librarian while per-
FORMING the duties of chairman and
secretary of the Republican State tx
ecutiVe Committee? Not much, but thew
Will promptly the lst and 18th Of every
month have their vouchers cashed at
the state TFeasurer'S office. Will their
drawing a. salary from the State for
doing work which they should do and
which they'will not do, be honest? Will
1t not be thlevery and robbery of the
meanest kind? But what better could
be expected Of "skin cane" Foraker In
making such appointmentsp 1t Is Just
like the whole management of State az
faiTs-r0tten.
When Tom Powell Is elected Governor
OF Ohio, all Of his appointed State off.
ctals will attend strictly to the dutiesof
the office to which they were appointed,
and not epend their time in rObbing the
State by running State political cam
paigns. The Republicans at the Toledo
State Convention resolved that thew
were In favor Of civil service REFORM
What hypocrisy such resolution was.
coming from such source. But what
better could be expected OF q party
which has "skin cane" Foraker as can.
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